XP not shutting down computer

Q:XP not shutting down computer

I have just installed XP, and since then the compter will not turn itself off once I shut down, it goes to the "it's now safe to turn your computer off screen and no further. I have tried Marioh's solution (posted 01-30-2002 ) for Win 2000 but that does not seem to work either. Any ideas greatfully received

Marc

Thanks for the help Tpb that site was a lot of help!

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Lets say that i downloaded a pdf file. If i put that file on to the desktop it will be there. But when you restart your computer or shut down your computer, you log back on and its not there.If i download poweriso, i install it into c: drive and it will work. But when you turn the computer off or reboot it, you log back on and its not thereI know its not a virus. Its like a school computer you can only save it into your drive. If you save it into a desktop it wont be thereI think someone put a system restore or a default. so when you turn it off it will reset it to the what you had when you turned it onI have a dell computer running windows 10

A:Computer wont save anything after shutting down computer or restarting

Was this system ever joined to a corporate or a school network? It might be a group policy that is making your user profile act this way.

Hi, so today I unplugged my computer while it was still running by accident. Now it wont start at all, no lights, no fans, nothing. I am concerned that it may be a problem with my power supply (maybe fried it or something). And no its not a problem with the cord (I tried a different one), its not a problem with the power switch (the one that you switch to either circle or line) because I tried it both ways. However recently my computers power button stopped working so my brother hooked up an old keyboard to my computer so to start it I will press a key on that keyboard and it will start up my computer, so I have to keyboards one to start the computer up and one to type. So in summary im not really sure what the problem is but im 90% sure it has something to do with either my "power keyboard" of my Power Supply so yeah. Any help will be apreciated

A:Accidentaly unplugged computer without shutting down. Computer will not start.

Try and get a psu off a friend who might have a extra one. Go from there. This way you might be able to narrow it down. It really hard to say what happen .

Hi, there is a red light next to my power button that blink's alot & i believe it's called the hdd light. No matter what i'm doing it shut's off after awhile & than my computer freeze's & i don't know why. Everything work's fine into that happen's & it's alway's random. I only had this computer for 2 years & i built it myself & this problem just started 2 days ago i also did memtest but it partially freeze's meaning the upper right corner isn't moving but the mid right corner still has number''s moving.This is my system specs

My computer is an XP home edition I believe, and it asked me to install some important updated. After doing so, it told me that I needed to restart or shut down my system in order for the updates to take place. When I tired doing so, It gets stuck. I get to a blue "log-off" screen, and it says 6 out of 14 updates are being installed... do not turn off your computer. But it stays like that for hours, and never updates, so I end up having to shut off my computer by hitting the power button. :/

I tried doing a system restore, but those updates have to be installed first. Before it even tries to restore, it deals with the updates. I'm not too sure what to do. Is there any way to bypass these updates, or get them installed some other way? I'd really apriciate the help. Thanks.

A:Updates for my computer are preventing me from shutting down my computer

Is this a new system? When you go to updates have you validated your copy of XP with Microsoft? Once you do that and make sure your settings are correct in your browser for downloads it does take time but not hours. Are you running firewalls, Zone Alarm etc., anything that would block the updates? Jazz

I was using my microsoft office word program, and it all of a sudden went funky, like short circuiting out, then a blue screen popped up saying that the program I was using was bad and causing my computer to crash, so my computer was shutting down before it crashed. Then it shut down and came back up asking if I wanted to go back to a restored or previous thing, something like that, (a restore point), and it said it would probably turn off and on several times through out and could take several minutes, then the computer turned off and back on and the screen would not turn on... I have a dell all in one computer, so I do not have a separate tower from my monitor. What happened? How can I fix this? Any one out there have any ideas? I was not even on the internet at the time.

A:Got a bad program, shutting down computer before computer crashes... help

When you first turn it on, can you see the Dell logo? If so, does it show the Windows logo after that?Do you recall details of what the blue screen said?

If you can see the Dell logo, then try these free, bootable diagnostics: http://www.carrona.org/initdiag.htmlYou can press F12 to get to the boot menu in order to boot from the CD/DVD drive.

Yesterday I have upgraded to Windows 7 from Vista. Everything works fine apart from the fact that the computer randomly shuts itself down. My laptop used to have heating problems before but no so often... like 5 hours after installing Windows 7 yesterday, my laptop had shut itself down 3 times already.
What could be causing this problem and how can I fix it?
Also, forgive me as I am new on the forums and I'm not sure if this is the right section for this thread.
Thanks a lot for your help

A:Computer shutting down by itself

Check event viewer for any entries at the time the shutdowns occured also check scheduled tasks, also you could try installing some temperature monitoring software to keep an eye on the internals - something like speccy or cpu-z

For the past 4 days - excluding Sunday, my computer keeps shutting down in the mornings. Most I seem to be able to keep it on is 10 minutes.Someone said reset to previous safe date, but I am afraid of it shutting down in the middle of doing this.Is it possible I have picked up a virus.Why does it settle down by lunch time GMTHelp pleasePlease remember my knowledge on computer language and use is limited to switching on, reading and sending emails and using exel and word.Simple language please.RegardsSkeeg

For some reason lately my computer has just been shutting down on its own. I leave it alone for a while and it will either be frozen and I have to restart it or it has restarted itself and comes to a black screen in the middle of loading things saying system error boot enter system disk. Now I tried putting in the Windows XP disk but it is not working. And if I press restart from there it will keep giving me the same error message. I have to turn the computer completly off for a second then turn it back on for it to work. Sometimes I will catch it saying physical dump of memory.

I have tried running Norton and spyware programs but nothing is making it go away. Any help would be wonderful. I am stuck and don't want to have to get another computer.

My anti-virus had expired, and i upgraded, but before i could upgrade, it started shutting down any time. Out of no where. (Which happened before but my warranty was still in, and dell came on and fixed the problem but never told me what it was, he fixed in like 15 minutes). Well it is happening again, it is Not my power or my fan. Here is the error code i am getting from my log...

WARNING! The speed of processor 1 is being limited by system firmware. The processor has been in this reduced performance state for 18 seconds since the last report.

AND THEN

ERROR! The previous system shutdown at 6:47:22 PM on 10/2/2008 was unexpected.

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My main computer keeps shutting itself off soon after shutting off Computer starting up It happens at different points during the boot-up in windows in the bios but it never stays on for long It first happened after I hadn't used it for - days which makes me think it's not over-heating I've unplugged the power to some of my drives to reduce power consumption but no change If I manage to get into the bios before it shuts off and monitor the temperatures they are all below C again suggesting its not over-heating Given that it can boot up Computer shutting off succesfully passes POST fine every time and enters windows fine when it gets that far I don't think its a software issue On occasion after the computer powers off it won't turn on again however if I turn the PSU off and on again the computer is then able to turn on All this makes me think its the PSU but just Computer shutting off wanted to check if thats sounding the most plausible before I go buy a nice shiny new one My specs are AMD Athlon skt GB Mhz memory x Radeon graphics card GB Western Digital SATA HD W Ebuyer PSU as well as DVD drives a quot Floppy drive and an old GB IDE HD As you can tell its an older system but its been working fine up til now As I said I think its the psu thats got a short or something but would really like your feedback Cheers

A:Computer shutting off

Psu's will weaken over time. I would venture to guess that the psu
is bad. Go into bios and see what your voltages are. Or download
everest, free edition. Once installed go to sensor, it will list you idle
voltages. You are on the right track psu. Dont get a cheapo psu,
you will be sorry.

It started about two weeks ago. It would go to the screen saver, and then when it would go to sleep you couldn't wake it up using the mouse or keys. If you shut off the monitor and turned it back on, you'd get the bouncing icon that says you're monitor is alive, so it's not the monitor. Now it's gotten to the point where it's not even waiting to go to sleep. The computer will just cut off by itself. The lights are still on the computer but no one's home. It is running Windows XP.

Thanks.

A:Computer keeps shutting off

Firrst check for a possible heat issue. Open up the computer, inspect all fans and blow out the garbage.

Windows XP Professional Build Intel Pentium D CPU GHz CPUs GB RAM Page file MB used MB available DirectX c System model AWRDACPI NVIDIA GeForce GT MB memory with the latest drivers that the shutting down Computer NVIDIA site s scan suggested for the card It s a Fry s Electronics built brand computer It s about years old It works for most things but shuts off no screen or restart with maybe one exception that occured recently that ll explain later It shuts off with Guild Wars which meet the reccommended requirements for and in the past done so with Avast Spybot and warm weather Now it s mainly streaming video and Guild Wars I factory restored my computer and the problem still exists It appears to keep getting worse I installed SpeedFan but I only look at the numbers and pictures Opera and TweetDeck running but not long after a Avira virus scan Opera and TweetDeck running One minute of playing Guild Wars and shuting it off to screencap http www fryssupport net fm cfm This Computer shutting down is the computer As for the explaining later I did get one blue screen of death It was in the middle of playing and it froze I remember is said something Computer shutting down about a memory dump and I wish I could remember the rest I couldn t start it without it turning of again After a while of waiting and unplugging it it did but I heard a whirling spinning sound which later went away Now it shuts off sooner when playing nbsp

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soo im not sure if this is the place to be posting this because im not sure if the problem is a security one. but anyhow, my computer keeps shutting itself down randomly. sometimes its 5 minutes, sometimes its 20. The screen just fades out to black then the computer shuts down. Any ideas as to why? also my internet isnt working on that computer, though all my connections seem to be fine. These both happened this morning when i turned on my pc. I'm really at a total loss for what to do.

A:computer shutting itself down

over heating sounds like the culprit, check the fans on your cpu and the video card. look on your main board there are to large processors they may have either heat sinks only or have heat sink and fan. if not turn the machine off pull the plug from back of computer and put finger close to the chip a see if you feel excessive heat come off the chips, another words to hot to touch. follow anti statics rules. what you do is this touch case to discharge any static built up on your body.

when i turn the computer on screen appears , there are no icons ,then just shuts down, have no time to activate anything

A:computer keeps shutting down

Hi m8!

This issue can be related to overheating problems, the most likely part is your CPU as modern motherboards will shut your machine down so that damage can be prevented if temperatures go beyond a certain threshold...Try this at first: Turn your PC on and get into BIOS by pressing Delete when prompted so that you can prevent your machine from loading your Operating System. Just stay in there for a while and see what happens. If your PC turns off again then overheating is quite possible. While in BIOS try to check your temperatures as well.

Also please post when this happened. Did you open your PC's case (upgrading, cleaning etc) or did the problem appeared while normal operation?

It can also be something simple and painless like Vista's activation procedures - But I'm not familiar with this situation. So see what happens while on BIOS and if everything works in order there but problems appear when OS is loaded something else must be happening.

I have a Windows 7 laptop, and I'll be either working on a document or trying to upload an edited video to Youtube when my computer inexplicably shuts down - taking with it all my hard work. I've run Malwarebytes Antimalware and it finds nothing. I also installed a Norton security suite from Comcast recently, so I don't know if that has something to do with it. Help would be greatly appreciated!Moved to Windows 7 forum.

a few weeks ago my computer just started shutting down when i would leave it idle for 15-20 minutes. so i went into the control panel and change the power scheme to always on, but nothing changed it still shuts down. does anyone have any ideas towards what i can try?

A:Why is my computer shutting down?

Well, do you mean that it is shutting down as in powering itself off completely? Or do you mean it is going into a Standby or Hibernate mode? Might want to make sure that Hibernate is unchecked in those power management settings you were just in (last tab).

You don't say what kind of computer it is, so speaking in pretty generic terms, some computers have a BIOS setting that forces a machine into a sleep mode, regardless of what you do with Windows power management. There may be a BIOS update that allows greater control over that or fixes a bug, so check with your maker.

It could also be a power issue with the machine. Perhaps you have a bad power supply. I am assuming a desktop. If it's a laptop then it's completely different...

You might also want to look at your motherboard and make sure you don't have "puffy caps." Believe it or not, I am STILL seeing that issue on machines RECENTLY!

Hi all I have windows vista and my keeps off shutting Computer laptop keeps shutting off by itself Blue screen comes up and the first time it said something about a crash dump Second time it said fatal error I have no idea what is going on or what to do After the Computer keeps shutting off second startup repair it came back up It happened while watching a movie online Can anyone please help me thanks in advance BCCode c a BCP FFFFF BCP BPC FFFFFFFFC BPC OS Version Service Pack Product Files that help describe the problem C Windows Minidump Mini - dmp Computer keeps shutting off C User lettle AppData Local Temp WER- - sysdata xml C User lettle AppData Local Temp WERDD tmp version txt Problem signature Problem Event Name BlueScreen OS Version BCCode c a BCP FFFFF B BCP BCP FFFFFFFFC BCP OS Version Service Pack Product Files that help describe the problem C Windows Minidump Mini - dmp C User lettle AppData Local Temp WER- - sysdata xml C User lettle AppData Local Temp WER E F tmp version txt nbsp

A:Computer keeps shutting off

Maybe is overheat problem. Coz laptop will shutdown automatically if overheat. Did you use it for long time? Or too many dust stuck under your laptop and accumulate heat.

I have a dell computer with windows xp as soon as i log onto computer and hit enter it automatically shuts down. doesn't even let me sign on. tried to boot in safe mode still shuts down tried to go to last known good configuration still shuts down

A:computer shutting down

Hello tshughes69

Run the Dell Diagnostics. Use the complete test

http://docs.us.dell.com/support/edoc...ll_diagnostics

To access them press F12 when you see the dell logo screen, then there will be an option that says IDE or Hard Drive Diagnostics. That will run a quick test, if you want a more thorough test select the option that says Boot to Utility Partition, then select custom test, select hard drive and then run test.

My girlfriends computer keeps shutting down, in the same way the sasser virus did, but we checked for it and she doesn't have it. What virus could it be? And are there any patches or anything we can download to fix it? Please help.

Hi, I am using an e-machine computer (from best buy) with Windows XP. I've had to restore it often because the kids are contantly on Limewire or some other area they shouldn't be. But, this problem is different. In a nutshell, the computer just shuts down. No warning, no error message, just off! It started doing this today, and I tried unplugging and plugging it back in. Turned the computer back on and it stayed on for about 5 minutes then off again.

My son uses the computer a lot to play World of Warcraft. I tried cleaning the hard drive. Didn't make any difference. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Karen

A:Computer Shutting Down

I had a similar problem with my computer. Did you purchase a better video card or are you using the onboard video?

hi, hope im in the right place,im looking for some advice with a problem i have.my computer on windows vista,works fine until you try to close a window, then it starts to shut down,and a warning appears saying ,internet explorer has stopped working,if you press cancel it returns back to the home page. its a real pain as you have to keep minimizeing every page instead of closeing it.greatfull for any advice.

A:computer shutting down

Sounds like you have a virus infection but I'm not entirely sure. Try downloading HijakThis and posting the log in Malware Removal and HJT Logs and ask someone to take a look.

Recently my computer (dell xps 1800 running windows 10) had been shutting down and upon investigation, the fan was dusty and wasn't connected correctly- pieces had been broken a few years ago and glued back on, but the glue melted and the thermal compound had worn off. I got a replacement fan and heat sink (Intel E97378-001 Lga1155/1156 Aluminum/Copper Cpu Heatsink, P/N# E97378-001) and installed it correctly. Now when I turn it on, both fans are running fine, but it still shuts down after a few seconds-1 minute. Upon previous diagnostics, the only problem was the cpu fan. If this is fixed, then what is causing shutdowns?

A:Computer shutting down

Are u SURE u installed the heatsink correctly??....... Did the new heat sink have thermal compound pre applied?? Did u clean the processor before installing the new heatsink??

Hi My name is Andrea and I have a small Acer netbook I hope that I am in the right place and doing this correctly My computer has been running slow for several weeks now It also may never start up If I turn keeps down Computer shutting the computer on it will sit on Computer keeps shutting down the screen loading the desktop virtually forever and never fully start up I will have to manually turn it off and try again until it turns on I cannot turn off my computer any other way than by manually hitting the Computer keeps shutting down off key unless it re-starts on it s own and even then it won t always boot back up I have been getting two consistent messages now before it will start to shut down The first is a box saying quot Generic Host Process for Win quot it says in the box that Win services has encountered a problem and needs to shut down Then a second box comes up with a second countdown says quot This system shut down is initiated by NT Authority System quot and inside the box it states quot Windows must now restart b c DCOM server process launcher terminated unexpectedly quot I hope this is enough info let me know if I can find anything else I will now attach the dds and gmer logs I couldn t get the computer to stay on long enough to run a full gmer so I have two partially completed ones Thanks

A:Computer keeps shutting down

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Hi I've been scrolling thorough the threads but have not been able to source the same problem I am using windows xp service pack My computer is a Acer Aspire the situation is basically this My computer froze completely i could not even access the task manager so then i had to hold down the power button to turn it off When i turned it back on the computer loads back up does a virus system check then boots up as computer keeps my shutting help! down! normal then once windows has loaded i get prompted with a popup saying 'system shutdown please save all files anything unsaved will be lost' then underneath it has a timer counting down from a minute Then about second later i'm prompted with another popup titled 'epower DMC exe common language runtime debugging services ' with some error info and two buttons 'ok to terminate' 'cancel to debug' When i select cancel it says the 'registered JIT debugger is not available' The computer then just switches off and restarts and repeats the same process help! my computer keeps shutting down! In order for it to stay off i must use the power button to manually exit it Any help would be greatly appreciated to be honest i'm really scared help! my computer keeps shutting down! by the situation because i havent backed up my recent files in help! my computer keeps shutting down! the past few months and im worried they will be lost regards simon

A:help! my computer keeps shutting down!

go to command prompt (WinKey+R > type cmd) then type in:
shutdown -a

You can also put this in a notepad:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -a
And save it as something.bat on your desktop- so you can double click it...

This sound like a virus. I'd highly recommend you scan your system and also burn some indispensible files like docs, pics etc.

My computer seems to turn itself on and off at will. Sounds crazy but its true. It seems that the problem began after subscribing to an online backup service provided by my ISP. I thought that by uninstalling the software that it would stop however it still is happening...can there still be some hidden files or ini. entries that are still running...any help would be appreciated.

A:Computer Shutting Off And On

You may have registry entries that were not removed during the uninstall. Have you contacted you ISP?

Hi guys I am new here and was wondering if anyone can help me ...
I have this prob
http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/rpc.php

I have tried everything and the box still comes up I have scanned my puter and its not saying I have the worm I have tried the norton remover its saying I dont have the worm but I cant stop this box from coming up...
it shuts down my puter about every hour and I am concerned about what might be on my puter...and really want to sort this prob out
any help would be appreciated!!!!

Hi I tried to remove Gamblock from my computer which i now know i shouldnt of done but it was out of licence and i thought it would be ok Since doing this it has shut down my computer and only gets as far as the desk top stage when logging in before shuttng me down again I have tried loading up keeps Computer down shutting in safe mode but it does the same too I really dont want to put my computer Computer keeps shutting down back to factory settings as i have no ideas where my vista disk is even if it came with one It does not stay logged on long enough to do a system restore either it only stays on the desk top for Computer keeps shutting down around - seconds before logging off If my only option is to go back to factory settings could you please tell me how I do this and if I would need a vista disk or if it will be on there automatically i m not even sure if i got a disk wih the computer or it came fully loaded up i cant remember My laptop is E systems Can anyone help me with this please Many thanks nbsp

For the last 2 weeks my computer would shut down by it self. It would not shut down completely- the green lights where the num ,cap ,scroll locks would all flash and the fans in the tower would start and stop. Only if I would unplug it would everything shut off. Even if I would shut down normally this would happen but if I hold the power button in to shut down it would shut down completely. Had it in the shop for 5 days and they just resat all internal parts and cleaned dust out of the tower.Still did the same thing when I brought it home. Went back and duplicated the problem in front of the tech and he said he thinks its the MOBO or PSU. Any help or ideas would be appreciated. I have re formatted windows so there are no viruses .

I'm not sure whats really going on with my computer. For the last 2 weeks my computer has been shutting off during random times, it's happened when i was on the internet, playing games & watching movies. I thought it might be the power supply so i bought a new one today and installed it properly but it just happened again. Please help me out. Thanks guys.

A:My Computer Keeps Shutting Down

maybe its overheating. i would download everest and check the cpu temp while doing stuff like watching movie or playing game.

My computer keeps shutting down. It is very frustrating and there seems to be no pattern so I'm hoping someone out there can help me. OS - Vista Ultimate 32 running AVG free (latest version), Firefox.

This has only happened since the installation of service pack 2 and haven't, as yet, taken it back to 1 yet.

It seems to just go off when I either do a scan (AVG), run sims 3, or do something that requires dl/ul, ie pictures from camera, update of ipod library. I've checked that the fans are all ok and the heat of the CPU is about 26 degrees. Its an AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core 6000+.

I am currently checking for malware with malwarebytes as I type this. Still scanning C but nothing coming up as of yet.

Can anyone suggested anything else? Is there any particular information you need?

A:My computer keeps shutting down

hi,,, looking at the things you say causes the event, i would have said it was heat,,,, as most of these things are intensive programs,,, and would have suggested a good clean out with a can of compressed air,,,, but the temps you are seeing say other wise,,,,,, run scans with your A/V and download malwarebytes free version,,, update it and run a full scan,,,,, while your scanning open task manager and see how much cpu your using and if it stays at around 100% as this will cause a shutdown too,,,, also type ,,, event viewer ,,, into tearch box in start menu and hit enter ,,, take a look in critical and error in event viewer to see if this will shed some light on it,,,good luck.

Ok so my computer started shutting down about Computer shutting keeps down a couple hours ago and when I turn it on it will stay on maybe about minutes the most then it will just shut off for no reAson I scanned my computer earlier before all this started and nothing Computer keeps shutting down was found so and everytime I turn my pc on to scan again to make sure I can never get the scan done because it shuts off Anybody else been through this situtation or any thoughts on what might be going on System is vista sp bit compaq presario And I'm typing this through my phone btw Oh yeah and forgot today my charger plug the part that goes into the computer has been messing up it is sensitive I guess because when I touch or something hits it a little bit it flickers the power to my comptuer and when I take my charger out my computer it won't turn it will only turn on when it's plugged in

A:Computer keeps shutting down

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LAst night my computer just shut off...i was able to turn it back on and get on it again, things were running slow and then it shut off again....i forgot to turn it off before i went to bed and this morning its not working. I can turn it on and the green light on the from says its onbut nothing is happening. I kept trying and every now and then it would seem like it starts to load but would shut off again. I hooked the monitor up to my laptop and it worked for a second then shut off again, i thought that it may just be the monitor but then why cant i open the c drive....nothing else is working too....do i have a virus? did something blow? the fan?
I have no clue, i have tried everything I can think of....what do i do now? whats going on?

A:My computer keeps shutting off

megastar15 said:

I hooked the monitor up to my laptop and it worked for a second then shut off again,Click to expand...

Sounds like a dead monitor to me it should work fine that is assuming the monitor can handle the screen size of your monitor, to be double sure set your screen size to 640 x 480 and then try the monitor if it still wont work its broken.

megastar15 said:

i thought that it may just be the monitor but then why cant i open the c drive...Click to expand...

Open the C drive ?? what does that mean ?

megastar15 said:

nothing else is working too..Click to expand...

What else is there.

Look lets start from the beginning, first check the monitor, then post back and tell us if the computer makes any noise or if any lights come on on the base unit.

I have a few problems actually, the main one that concerns me is that my laptop has recently been switching off without any warning. Upon restarting it says it overhearted which may be due to the battery or the vents not working properly. I've tried clearing the vents but that hasn't worked, is there anything else you can suggest, or would it be worth me buying a new battery?

The second problem is just that my laptop runs really slow, particularly when i start it up. Any suggestions on what I could do to try and speed it up.

Finally I managed to delete my recycling bin on the desktop and I can't get it back, so I can't either empty it or retrieve something from it. Do you know where I would be able to do this?

For about the past month my computer (Toshiba Satellite laptop) has just randomly shut down. At first it would be only when I'd play games and it would just shut down, but now it has been shutting down for no reason at random times. Some days it will do it 5 or 6 times, other times it'll work fine for a few days and then I'll be browsing the internet or typing a message and it just craps out on me. I know this is a pretty broad problem, but where do I start in solving it?

HELP i am a complete computer amateur and am a bit worried my pc keeps turning itself off often at the most inconvenient times. can anybody help and tell me how to stop it please could this be a vista related problem?

A:my computer keeps shutting down

High temp CPU search the web for the regular temp setting and then compare the temp in the bios see if it's getting too hot.

Hi, I have a barebones kit computer that I put together approximately two years ago. Since then I've had to purchase new memory and now a new hard drive due to it going bad. I just bought a brand new hard drive a WD 1TB 7200 64mb SATA. After installing it, the computer kept shutting down on me until I updated the buffer speed in the bios and that seemed to cure the problem for the time being. Now it is doing the same thing, shutting down on me right in the middle of me doing things on it. Any one know what I am missing here?

I appreciate any help anyone can offer.

A:Computer shutting down

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Hello i have a compaq presario desktop computer i believe it's the S with windows XP home edition service pack it's not very high in MB it only has not help shutting down Please Computer MB i only payed dollars for it from a family friend because i needed a computer but anyways as of lately whenever i go to shut it down for the night by going into quot Start gt Shut down quot it goes through it's quot logging off - shutting down quot screen and then once that is gone the monitor will have this grey looking sorta glow as if it's on sleep mode or something instead of just a pitch black screen it's grey and they're is a glow in a pitch black room that is how you can tell the computer is still on and not fully shut down because the room has a glow from the monitor - and the quot Num lock quot green light is lighted up on my keyboard as well as a green button on Computer not shutting down Please help the computer tower Computer not shutting down Please help itself Whenever i want to turn the computer on the next day i have to hold the power button on the tower to fully turn it off and then hold it again to turn it on It's really annoying I had the computer set to quot energy star quot in the power options and then everything set to quot never quot i've changed it now to quot home office desk quot and with the settings to never but it still does the same thing Hibernation and sleep mode is turned off in the power settings as well I don't know what to do how can i fix this I've tried command prompt quot shut down -c quot that works it fully shuts it down BUT then when i go turn it back and then shut down by start gt shut down it does the same thing Please help me out

A:Computer not shutting down Please help

I haven't got a solution, but here is something that you can do to fix it temporarily.

Go to Notepad.
Type in shutdown -c
go to save as, at the bottom click on all files. Save it as shutdown.bat

Save it to your desktop, and put it in the corner where you can access it quickly. Now whenever you want to shut down, just double click that file.

Also, if you don't like the look of it, put it in your my documents and make a shortcut to it, then you can change the icon.

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I have a Dell Dimension 2350 Series System that started shutting down just like that all the time...tried booting up in Safe mode.....No help...changed the PSU....No Help....Changed the memory Slot......No Help.....changed the memory chip.....No help....any other suggestions...? I'm kinda stumped.....

hi everyone hope u can help problem is my computer snaps off every 15min to sevral hours.when i run a virus scan it never makes it through the whole scan.i have dumped cookies deleted all temp files.restored my system to an earlier date.im using winxp home ed.

A:my computer keeps shutting off

Have you tried to run your scan in Safe Mode?How to start Windows in Safe ModeTry to run these online virus scanners:http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

I am having an issue with my computer what is happing it that quite frequently the system will show the dreaded blue screen but will not allow me the read it then shuts off.

The only way I can start it again is to unplug it from the mains the plug it back in again. if I try to just start it all that happens is the the fan start and the hard drive read light comes on but doesn't go off along with the power on light but the initialisation process does not continue.

I would appreciate any help the you could give me.

A little about my spec

Windows xp
Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
512MB Ram

Thank you

A:Computer Shutting Down

Have you recently installed a new driver, hardware device, or application? If so, it may be the problem. Also, to be able to read the blue screen, which may give more insight, follow these steps:
Go to system properties (Control Panel or right click My Computer, click Properties)
Advanced Tab
Under Startup and Recovery, Settings button
Under System Failure, uncheck "Automatically Restart" checkbox

I read in the help section of my laptop that I shouldn't shut down my computer unless I am repairing hardware or something. It said you should always put the computer on sleep even if you are not going to be using it for hours.

Is this true? I always thought you should shut the computer down. Doesn't this waste the battery/electricity?

The problem is reportedly that they can no longer import CDs or files in general. they thought that it was running out of space, so they bought an external HDD. They moved their files onto the external hard drive then tried to delete the files from the computer. After hooking up the HDD they have found that the computer will shut down while trying to do anything. I immediately thought of overheating but have not been able to find out

I am planning to run memtest86 and a chkdsk on the internal hard drive. Is there anything else I should be looking for? I don't have any experience with BIOS and i don't know how to check if it is overheating.

Hello, this is my first post here. I recently bought a new computer. When I first got it, it shut off on me three times in the first hour. I was going to contact the person who I bought it from but it didn't do this action for the next 2 weeks. Lately though my computer has started to shut off randomly again. Sometimes as much as 5 times in a one hour period, It will do this regardless whether I'm on the net or not. Last time it did it I was converting mp3 files into wave files. Sometimes a certain program like Windows media player or firefox will just shut down. The operating system is Windows XP.

My computer which is running XP Pro has developed a problem of shutting down occasionally I thought it was a heating problem but I checked all the fans and found the fan on the video card was bad I replaced the video card thinking the problem was solved only to find that that didn t change anything I am running it without the side on it and when it shuts down I check for any hot spots and Computer shutting down cannot detect any Also when it shuts off the light is still on on the front and I have to shut the power strip off and turn it back on to restart I don t have to do anything on the computer itself just the power Computer shutting down strip I checked the power supply and it seems to be working ok I ran a diagnostics test and the processor and motherboard test ok I would appreciate any suggestions as to what to do next Thank yuou nbsp

Good day all I m a computer tech trying to fix my girlfriends computer but can t manage to track down the Computer Shutting Down culprit Hopefully someone can help clear up the mystery Here s the problem When she plays WoW anywhere from min to hrs after she starts the computer will simply power down - Computer Shutting Down bam no lights nothing Nothing in the event log no BSOD Just like you pulled the plug out of the wall Computer Gateway LX - Core Quad Q Gig DDR - Running fully updated Win x Here s what I ve done Graphics card drivers - easiest to try so went there first That didn t work so I obviously went for power supply - no BSOD nothing in the event logs so I immediately pulled out my trusty PSU tester One of the V rails was slightly Computer Shutting Down low Computer Shutting Down nothing of concern but thought maybe with the extra load from gaming it may be the answer She s been wanting to do some upgrades so I figured it would be a good opportunity for her to get a solid PSU that can handle more powerful goodies We decided on a Raidmax RX- z W PSU She played for about min then it was time for me to head home About min later I got the text that it died again Well as part of her desires for upgrading her computer she started looking at graphics cards Don t know why a GPU would simply kill the computer without a BSOD or an event log entry but she s been wanting a new GPU anyway so I figured maybe we could easily rule out the GPU and get what she wanted We got a nVidia GeForce GTX I m jealous I want one too lol That night she played for hours with no issues - and much higher framerates than before The next day after hours it happened again So now my thought was memory Again why it would simply kill the computer didn t make sense but it had to be tested I ran memtest for about hours - nothing no problems I fired up Prime in blend mode for about hours then switched to In-place large FFT s mode for another hours or so Throughout the Prime testing I monitored temps and voltages with speedfan Nothing out of the ordinary voltages were flat lined no variation The temps were fine I ve also run multiple D Mark benchmarks hoping to stress something and make it shut down but haven t gotten anything Now I m stumped Hoping it s not the motherboard but not sure what else it could be Everything else has been tested or replaced Hard drive maybe Again why no BSOD or event log entry Is there some strange WoW bug I ve searched for it but all the forums regarding that are recommending the normal culprits - memory PUS GPU and GPU drivers Sorry for the REALLY long post I tried to pack as much detail in as possible Hope you can help Scott nbsp

My computer works fine after coming from stand by mode. But when I tried to shut down the computer it is restarting instead of shutting down. If i am not using the stand by mode it is shutting down properly. It is a Dell computer. The Dell tech support does not have a solution for this. Help ME !!!!!!!!!!

A:computer is not shutting down

I have a feeling it may be something to do with 'Power Option' in Control Panel. Please look through this to see if there is something there telling it to restart when trying to shutdown!?

Hi, back again,looks like I need to join th esite again. This time I have a different problem. I thought it was a problem with the power settings, but I played with them quickly before it would shut down on me. When it was set up to shut down in power sheme it did, when I switched the scheme to Hibernate it would hibernate. I turned off all schemes and it now shuts down again. Figuring I picked up a malware..

Please help me if you can TIA

A:Help Computer keeps shutting down

After several attempts, I was able to get the computer to boot into safe mode but did not think to have it set up with network access and therefore could not do the online scans that were recommended ( Panda) and DSS was not on my computer.

Since I was not sure I could get it to boot in safemode again I ran HJT that I had on the computer, here is the logfile.

I think I remember being busy on the computer and accidentally allowing a reg change when the request popped up. I am pretty sure I have malware that keeps shutting the computer down.

Hello all,I have a brand new system here which keeps randomly shutting down. From what I've been told, it will sometimes work for hours before shutting down, Other times it runs for about 20 seconds then turns off.

I thought I had my computer fixed, but now it keeps shutting down. And now it won't let me open up Firefox, which is the way I get on the internet. How can I fix this? I am running windows 10. Updated from Windows 7. I have a HP laptop. Thank you Wrenie.

My computer keeps shutting down when it is left idel. Then when I turn it back on it says it recevered from a serious error. I have ran Microsoft essentuls and Malwharebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition and Eset. All come up clean. You be Greatful for your help. Don

I have a year old HP computer running windows Never had any problems until last week It just shut down while I was on it I tried restarting it would go to the log in page and shut down again not shut off but Help shutting keeps Computer - down actually shut down When I would try to put my password in it kept typing letters until the box was full I tried system restore and finally had to do system recovery Upon finishing that when it restarted it shut down again I kept trying and it seemed to Help - Computer keeps shutting down stay on longer each time til I finally got it Help - Computer keeps shutting down to work Was ok for about days and started all over again I wasn t able to open and reinstall my personal stuff I was afraid Help - Computer keeps shutting down maybe something in there messed it up Any ideas I don t have a password on my restart now and it sometimes will load everything but mostly shuts down after it says welcome Sometimes it will stay on an hour sometimes won t stay on at all Since I wiped it clean pretty much surely if there was something file wise I would have removed it Is it the computer itself I have Norton Internet Security I cleaned my keyboard thought maybe a key was stuck the way it would keep typing like I had a key pressed I noticed it sometimes does that if I am typing then shuts down

A:Help - Computer keeps shutting down

Those kind of symptoms are indicative of a failing power supply. Try booting into Safe Mode and see if it does the same thing. Windows Safe Mode only loads a minimum set of devioe drivers and doesn't place the system under any strain. Don't do anything and just leave it running for a while. If it still shuts down regardless, then it's almost certainly power related. It could also be the case that the CPU fan has failed whereby the system shuts down automatically to avoid damage to the motherboard.

To boot into Safe Mode, hit F8 a couple of times immediately after the HP logo disappears from view which will take you to the Windows Advanced menu. You'll see Safe Mode in the options. Use the up/down arrow keys to select it and then hit Enter.

Is the machine still under warranty? If so, give HP tech support a call so that they can arrange to replace it for you.

Please help , my hp laptop is shutting off . If i load any program computer will shutdown in 3- 5 minutes. If i start the desktop only computer will run for a couple of hours then shutdown. Any suggestions? scrtagnt420

A:computer is shutting down by itself

Overheating?

Go to Start->Run, type ChkDsk /r and click Ok.

A MSDOS Window will appear to ask you if you want to run this utility at startup. Select Yes. Restart the computer.

Here s my problem if I can get it out before my computer shuts itself off again Computer shutting down itself keeps lol Btw I m an intermediate user I know enough so any questions feel free to ask but I have explored the basics to resolving my problem believe me My computer will randomly shut down It happened around months ago then kind of went away for a while and now it s back in full force sometimes shutting itself off every minutes or minutes or whenever it feels like getting an attitude It is no sort of RAT trojan backdoor someone else controlling my computer there are no worms no viruses not even a trace of adware malware spyware so get those out of your head What it isn t I m pretty sure of what it is I do not know I ve switched out surge protectors I ve switched where I jack my comp into the wall no help The odd thing is when it goes off it doesn t boot right back up Computer keeps shutting itself down but I have to turn the surge protector off let it sit Computer keeps shutting itself down about seconds turn it back on then turn my computer back on Happened the same months ago different kind of surge protector and when my computer shuts down the power doesn t go out the surge protector doesn t go off so I m quite certain it is something else What it is I don t know I don t know enough about what could be causing it hardware motherboards etc Any ideas I have plenty of fans working temperature is just fine the machine is decently new I don t know what else to tell you but thanks in advance if you have any ideas on resolving the issue you can t imagine how frustrating it is MyDahlia nbsp

I'll be lucky if I can get this posted before it happens again. My machine just shuts off regularly after a few minutes of being on. Every startup it goes through scan disk, sets up fine afterward, but then shuts off whether I'm working, it's on lock, etc... Where do I start?

Hello Until a week ago my computer has been working fine It runs on windows XP and is a four year old Seanix model However on Monday things started getting weird I tried to start it in the morning and it wouldn t work Both fans turned on for about a second but no green light came on and nothing else happened I left it and after school tried it again This time it worked perfectly fine Today I got the same problem it wouldn t start I left it all day and when I tried again it turned on green light and all but nothing happened The screen mouse keyboard never started Aftera couple tried it got to down shutting Computer the point where they would turn on and I d see the BIOS information on the screen as it was booting then it d shut down again I can t get it past this point and it s very frustrating An help would be greatly appreciated nbsp

Earlier i was playing guild wars and my computer shut off randomly After trying to reboot it it would get to the shutting computer down motherboard screen and then shut down a few seconds later so i brought it to the kitchen and hooked it up so i could check if the fans and stuff were working everything looked good and surprisingly the computer didnt shut down so i brought it back to my room and it shut down again in there i repeated this process a few times it didnt shut down in the kitchen so i plugged it in with the monitor and everything in the kitchen and downloaded everest ultimate edition to double check temperatures everything looked good i left it on for a good minutes as i ran around the house resetting power breakers thinking the outlet in my room was screwed after a few computer shutting down i tried setting it up in my room again and no luck so i tried different outlets on all the walls in my room with no luck again so i brought it back to the kitchen thinking something was wrong with the power in my room even though everything else in there was fine and it shut down in the kitchen for the first time I m thinking its the power supply or something but im hoping all those start ups and shut downs didnt screw something up so it wont work in the kitchen either now i dont know what to do i need to leave for work so i will check this when i get home nbsp

Ok, not sure what is going on with my computer. It will be running fine could be for 10 min or 5 hours and then it will just shut down and start to reboot, sometimes it will reboot fine other times it will take about 6-12 times to reboot and still does not actually start up correctly.
I have tried to reboot in safe mode and sometimes it works good and others times it will keep shutting down too. The only way it seems to work fine with no problems is if I disconnect my DSL link then it will not shut down at all.
I have tried DSS, ScanDisk, ComboFix, Tuneup Utilities 2008, AVG, Spybot, Adaware & currently have CA Internet Security Suite on my computer for my virus software.
If someone could please help it would be greatly appreciated.

A:Computer keeps shutting down

Sounds like a heating trouble, open the case and put a fan to blow air in to it, if its more stable then you may need to change your heat sink.

Reinstalling windows would be the second option. But if you have active virus protection then it should not need to be done.

Also make sure that you have latest drivers for all your products, even if you got the CD with the product its best to update drivers from internet.

Hello and welcome to Bleeping ComputerWe apologize for the delay in responding to your request for help. Here at Bleeping Computer we get overwhelmed at times, and we are trying our best to keep up. Please note that your topic was not intentionally overlooked. Our mission is to help everyone in need, but sometimes it takes just a little longer to get to every request for help. No one is ignored here.If you have since resolved the original problem you were having, we would appreciate you letting us know. If not please perform the following steps below so we can have a look at the current condition of your machine. If you have not done so, include a clear description of the problems you're having, along with any steps you may have performed so far.Upon completing the steps below another staff member will review and take the steps necessary with you to get your machine back in working order clean and free of malware.If you have already posted a DDS log, please do so again, as your situation may have changed.Use the 'Add Reply' and add the new log to this thread.Thanks and again sorry for the delay.We need to see some information about what is happening in your machine. Please perform the following scan:Download DDS by sUBs from one of the following links. Save it to your desktop.DDS.scrDDS.pifDouble click on the DDS icon, allow it to run.A small box will open, with an explaination about the tool. No input is needed, the scan is running.Notepad will open with the results.Follow the instructions that pop up for posting the results.Close the program window, and delete the program from your desktop.Please note: You may have to disable any script protection running if the scan fails to run. After downloading the tool, disconnect from the internet and disable all antivirus protection. Run the scan, enable your A/V and reconnect to the internet. Information on A/V control HEREPlease download GMER from one of the following locations and save it to your desktop:Main MirrorThis version will download a randomly named file (Recommended)Zipped MirrorThis version will download a zip file you will need to extract first. If you use this mirror, please extract the zip file to your desktop.Disconnect from the Internet and close all running programs.Temporarily disable any real-time active protection so your security programs will not conflict with gmer's driver.Double-click on the randomly named GMER file (i.e. n7gmo46c.exe) and allow the gmer.sys driver to load if asked.Note: If you downloaded the zipped version, extract the file to its own folder such as C:\gmer and then double-click on gmer.exe.GMER will open to the Rootkit/Malware tab and perform an automatic quick scan when first run. (do not use the computer while the scan is in progress)If you receive a WARNING!!! about rootkit activity and are asked to fully scan your system...click NO.Now click the Scan button. If you see a rootkit warning window, click OK.When the scan is finished, click the Save... button to save the scan results to your Desktop. Save the file as gmer.log.Click the Copy button and paste the results into your next reply.Exit GMER and re-enable all active protection when done.-- If you encounter any problems, try running GMER in Safe Mode.

Hi....anytime I try to run a registry analyser/checker or spyware scanner program, my computer reboots at some point during the scan. All other programs work fine. No virus's found by my anti-virus program. CPU at normal temperature (50c - Athlon xp 2200), memory checks out OK, leading me to think it's not hardware. Mildly irritating!

A:Computer keeps shutting down

I had the same trouble with my computer when I had service pack 1 installed. No spyware or anti-virus picked it up, but there was a process on my startup list that has a critical warning 4. Apparently this process takes advantage of some vulnerability within windows, hence shutting down randomly.

After I installed service pack 2, this stopped automatically.

Tthe process is called "NvCpl". Even after you disable it, it comes back. Check it out, might be your problem!!!

I have just completed a format of my computer and re-installed all the software. Now when I try to rip a cd onto the hard drive using either Windows media player 10 or Itunes, the computer switches off like it has over heated. I have had over heating problems and this is just the same except it can happen straight after switching on when cold. I partitioned the HDD when formatting so that I could put all my music on the 20 Gig partition. It was working fine before the format .Can anyone help?

Not sure how long this is gonna stay on. I tried to run EWIDO scan this morning and something was bad wrong with the program. So I removed the program. I wanted to make sure it was completely gone, so tried to go in to registry and clean all traces out. Everytime I try to go to regedit, my computer restarts. Tried my Registry Mechanic program, computer restarts. Tried RegSeeker, computer restarts. HELP!! not sure what to do. Moved from the "XP" Forum. ~acklan~

A:Computer Keeps Shutting Off

This sounds like a virus. You'll have to run a virus scan to ensure that the system is clean.Worst case, you'll have to slave your hard drive to another computer with a good antivirus program and scan it from there.Try running ClamWin Portable from a flash drive to see if you can clean it. It's free from here: http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/clamwin_portable

This has been happening for about a week now. It will just shut down. One time it came back on and rebooted, sometimes I can turn it back on, then other times, I have to unplug the power cord, wait for the green light on the back to go out, plug it back in and then turn it on.I have ran Norton and Spy-bot, but both say that everything is fine.

I'm running win xp.

What could it be?

A:Computer keeps shutting down...

Just a guess without seeing it but it sounds like the power supply may be going bad.

For the past 2 weeks, it has shut down unexpectedley about 6 or 7 times. 2 of those times when the computer is not in use (overnight). The other times while in the middle of a task. Oddly, it will not power up until i disconnect all of the peripherals. Once I do that, it starts and boots normally.

I have not made any changes either to harware or software during this time other than changing out my wireless keyboard/mouse. No viruses or spyware detected either. CPU and MB temps are constantly monitored and rarely above 105F.

Before I run out and buy a new power supply (my first guess) does anyone else have any ideas?

Hello,Suddenly my computer doesn't shut down. The start menu shows all the icons but when I click on them nothing works and so am unable to shut down. Its a Sony Vaio laptop with windows 7. I've not dowloaded anyting recently. I use the AVG anti virus.I am able to browse the net and can open the folder as these icons are on the bottom tool bar.

thanks for any help

A:Computer not shutting down!

Let us have some Pc specifications.Check and postTSG System Information Utility - found here.http://static.techguy.org/download/SysInfo.exe======Download Security Check by screen317 from.http://screen317.spywareinfoforum.org/Orhttp://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/securitycheck/

Save it to your Desktop.Double click the install icon.If using Vista or Win 7 - right click the icon - run as AdministratorA command Prompt window will open.Let it scan the Pc - press any key when asked.It should now open in Notepad.Copy and Paste the result of the scan in the reply box below.

The saved log will be called checkup.txt.======Click Start - in the search box.Type msconfig

Click on the Start Up Tab.Write down carefully what is listed and post the list here.Or post a screenshot http://library.techguy.org/wiki/TSG_Posting_a_Screenshot

Alright here s the deal My initial problem involved attempting down. Computer shutting to play games specifically Ragnarok Online though any game beyond Solitaire suffered the same fate These games would run for five to ten minutes and then the computer would reboot My initial response was quot Heat quot So I added another fan didn t help So I removed the side cover of the case Still didn t help Furthermore I did some quot testing quot used my hand to feel the heat and the temperatures varied from burning me to barely any at all So I ve dropped that avenue Computer shutting down. of investigation My next thought after some research was the Computer shutting down. video card I was using Computer shutting down. onboard video to play these games so I thought maybe that was overtaxing the system So I finally bought a Radeon PCI mobo only supports PCI but that didn t make the slightest bit of difference Upon more research thinking about it myself I settled upon my RAM as the perpetrator I ran a few memory tests all of which came back negative for any problems however I wasn t convinced I was only running one stick of DDR perhaps THAT was overtaxing it since is suggested for RO So I returned the video card I m poor and bought a new stick of DDR Didn t help in fact it appears to have gotten worse which is where I m at now Now the computer shuts down after about five or ten minutes of doing ANYTHING after it shuts down it ll only come on for about twenty seconds unless I let it rest for about twenty minutes or so I tried taking out the old stick of RAM I tried it with both sticks I tried it with ONLY the old stick Nothing is helping My newest suspect after reading a post here is the PSU or God forbid the mobo Help Please gt lt nbsp

When I start up my brand new custom computer I let it run for a few minutes then I start steam then I play a game. 5 minutes later it shuts down completely and restarts for a second then shuts down and restarts again. It only happens when I play a game and It will happen multiple time. Im not sure what to do. I made sure i had all my drivers, updated everything, and im not sure what else to do. I have a 980 graphics card i5 processor, maximus 7 hero motherboard, and gskill 8g ram. please help

A:Computer shutting down

is the PC getting hot

can you Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure in WindowsSystem Failure Automatic Restart - Enable or Disable

now you should get a blue screen and a stop codestop codeshttp://www.aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm-------------------------------------

you may find some info in the event viewer - look for entries at time of restartcontrol panel>administrative tools>event viewer>ORHold the Windows key and press R, then type eventvwr then press Enterthat will also open the event viewer------------------------------------------